WATCH: Morrissey Performs ‘Action is My Middle Name’ on ‘Letterman’

The same day David Bowie emerged from his decade-long exile (January 8), Morrissey popped up on The Late Show with David Letterman, lassoing his microphone cord, surrounded by his studly band in fitted button-up shirts, performing his new tune “Action is My Middle Name” (a cut off his long-delayed album). The appearance was a teaser for the continuation of his North American tour, which had been interrupted by his mother’s illness. She’s apparently doing better now, and he has resumed tour dates with a concert tonight in Brookville, New York.

Watch and enjoy. The man can still rock a printed butterfly collar with the best of ’em:

Kevin Wicks

Kevin Wicks founded BBCAmerica.com's Anglophenia blog back in 2005 and has been translating British culture for an American audience ever since. While not British himself—he was born and raised in St. Louis, Missouri—he once received inordinate hospitality in London for sharing the name of a dead but beloved EastEnders character. His Anglophilia stems from a high school love of Morrissey, whom he calls his "gateway drug" into British culture.